Dominican Republic reached a record 6.6M tourists in 2018
Tourism January 14, 2019 | 7:28 am
Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank on Fri. said the Dominican Republic reached the "historic figure" of 6,568,888 tourists in 2018 with 381,346 more travelers than 2017. This year-on-year growth of 6[...]Dominican Rep. again confirms its ‘mini-continent’ label
Tourism January 7, 2019 | 12:20 pm
Constanza, Dominican Republic.- Cold has become frigid in the Valle Nuevo National Park again this week, as below-freezing temperatures were recorded in the protected area near the highland town of Co[...]This was Punta Cana 38 years ago
Tourism January 3, 2019 | 2:06 pm
The most important tourist destination in the Dominican Republic 38 years ago was very different from what it is today. You would never imagine that in 1981 Punta Cana had challenging access. Its road[...]Dominican Republic promotes Cruise destination
Tourism January 3, 2019 | 6:36 am
PUERTO RICO .- The Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) continues to redouble its efforts to ensure that more cruise passengers choose the Dominican Republic as their favorite destination and thus surpass the [...]Director of CESTUR says security guarantees millions of tourists
Business & Pleasure January 2, 2019 | 4:48 pm
The General Director of the Specialized Body for Tourism Security (CESTUR), Pilot Brigade General Juan Carlos Torres Robiou, assured that this institution guarantees the safety of the millions of tour[...]Prosecutors will request prison for officers involved in death of escaped prisoner in Nagua
Tourism January 2, 2019 | 2:38 pm
The Attorney General's Office will proceed to request preventive detention as a coercive measure against two officers and two agents of the National Police, who are being investigated for the death of[...]Acapulco without people in off-season
Tourism January 2, 2019 | 7:34 am
If you have not gone, at least you have heard that it is one of the most visited spas in La Vega. There's an elusive beauty known only by those who serve the tilapias and rice and beans under thatched[...]Dominican Republic’s most pristine beach opens to the world
Tourism December 29, 2018 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- "The desired sustainable tourism development has arrived in Pedernales province," with its entry into the tourism industry on the recovered 362 million square meters at Bahia de las Ag[...]Be Live Hotels opens adults only hotel in Punta Cana
Bavaro & Punta Cana December 28, 2018 | 3:38 pm
A new adult-only tourist complex recently opened the Be Live Hotels chain, which will feature 294 housing units characterized by modernist design. The project is located in Cabeza de Toro, facing t[...]More than 1 million passengers have been mobilized by the different airports in the country in the month of December
Tourism December 27, 2018 | 5:45 pm
A total of 1,054,000 passengers have been mobilized by the different airports of the Dominican Republic during December 2018 on incoming and outgoing flights, informed Luis Ernesto Camilo the presiden[...]Public Works has tanks to promote the recycling of garbage in various parts of the country
Tourism December 26, 2018 | 4:00 pm
EL NUEVO DIARIO, SANTO DOMINGO.-The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) jointly with the RD-VIAL Trust arranged the placement of more than 200 tanks of organic waste, paper, and plastic[...]Minister of Tourism: Puerto Plata’s moment has arrived
Economy December 26, 2018 | 12:50 pm
The Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier García said that this moment has arrived for this destination on the north coast of the country, an affirmation evidenced in the numerous vital investments m[...]Tourism Ministry to build health networks in coastal towns: official
Economy December 26, 2018 | 11:24 am
The General Director of the Aqueducts and Sewers Corporation of Puerto Plata (CORAAPPLATA), engineer José Onésimo Reyes Peralta, announced that the Ministry of Tourism has planned to build the healt[...]Many families spent Christmas in the Colonial Zone
Local December 26, 2018 | 9:15 am
Going to the Colonial Zone, after having spent the long-awaited Christmas Eve dinner in the company of family and friends, was the option of many Dominicans and tourists, with the aim of enjoying leis[...]Hotel occupancy in December and January exceeds the expectations of the sector
Economy December 24, 2018 | 11:49 am
Hotel occupancy for Christmas and New Year exceeds the expectations of the tourism sector, which this year has between 2,500 and 3,000 additional rooms. According to estimates of the Executive Vice[...]Dominicans return home to the beat of merengue
Tourism December 21, 2018 | 8:01 am
Santo Domingo.- The airport authorities gave a warm welcome Thurs. to hundreds of Dominicans, who arrived in the country via Las Americas International Airport to celebrate the yearend holidays. Am[...]Dominican Republic to add US$50.0M, 345-room hotel
Tourism December 21, 2018 | 7:26 am
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday headed groundbreaking for the 345-room Infiniti Punta Cana Hotel in Uvero Alto, to be built at a cost of RD$2.5 billion (US$50.0 mi[...]US$30.0M recovery loan great news for the Colonial ‘Zone’
Tourism December 19, 2018 | 3:34 pm
Santo Domingo.- The announced rescue of the Colonial City will continue is the best yearend news for the ears of the Ovando City Association, which groups the business sector in the Americas' first Eu[...]The Caribbean’s top destination draws 7.0% more tourists
Tourism December 17, 2018 | 9:33 am
Santo Domingo.- Central Bank figures show that 485,481 non-resident passengers arrived by air as of November, of which 416,954 correspond to foreigners and 68,527 to non-resident Dominicans, or 7.0% h[...]Dominican Republic to build US$125.0M cruise port in North
Tourism December 17, 2018 | 7:30 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Port Authority (Apordom), director Víctor Gómez Casanova on Sun. said 2019 US$125.0 million will be invested in the port of Puerto Plata by yearend, to build a cruise por[...]